withdrew with Germans hot on their heels. On May 2, a German patrol blundered into theircamp, resulting in the killing of all the Germans and leaving one Norwegian resistance fighterwounded. Whether the Germans were killed in the ensuing fight, or executed later, has beenhotly debated ever since.Frode Lindgjerdet’s new history of the operation is based on recently released or discoveredGerman, Norwegian, American, and Swedish sources. He examines how the outcome of theoperation was affected by the limitations of equipment in freezing cold weather and the
coordination and cooperation between British and American forces throughout the mission.
